In Parkes ownership. Did not fish from Fleetwood

Technical

Official Number (USA): 227162
Yard Number: 12
Completed: 1919
Gross Tonnage: 362
Net Tonnage: 108
Length: 140.8 ft
Breadth: 25.2 ft
Depth: 13.6 ft
Engine: T.3-cyl by Goldie & McCulloch Co Ltd, Galt, Ontario
Built: Foundation Co, Savannah, Ga

History

1919: Launched by Foundation Co, Savannah, Ga (Yd.No.12) for Government of France, Paris as HONDSHOOTE.
1919: Completed as a minesweeper for the Marine Francaise.
1920: Sold to Pêcheries de L’Ouest S.A., Fécamp. Renamed BOIS des BUTTES.
1925: Re-possessed by bank and laid up at Fécamp.
1925: Sold to Fred Parkes, Blackpool (en bloc with BOIS des CAURES and MAGENTA for c£5,000). Not registered in UK (B. A. Parkes, Grimsby, manager).
1926: Sailing under French flag as a ‘tug’ during General/Miner’s Strike shipping coal to UK.
1928: Sold to Bay State Fishing Co, East Boston, Mass. Fécamp registry closed. Registered at Boston, Mass as BREEZE. (US.O.N.227162).
1928: Re measured 384g 261n.
1938: Sold to Seaboard Navigation Co, Boston, Mass. Renamed KENNEBEC.
1938: Converted to cargo. Re measured 400g 232n.
1940: Sold to Government of France, Paris (Marine Francais) and fitted out as a minesweeper. Boston, Mass registry closed. Renamed La QUIMPEROISE.
22.6.1940: French government signed surrender. ‘Demobilised and disarmed’ under German control. Commissioned into the Kriegsmarine (P.No.M.4000). Re-numbered (P.No.M.4009).
12.2.1945: Scuttled in River Loire.

Changelog

11/06/2010: Page published. 3 updates since then.